Police ID children, relative drowned in Sims Bayou

Chron.com staff |
August 5, 2013
| Updated: August 5, 2013 10:26am

Two children drowned during a family fishing trip at Sims Bayou on Aug. 4, 2013. Rescuers still are searching for a relative who went missing after entering the water to try to rescue the children. (Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle)

Two children drowned during a family fishing trip at Sims Bayou on Aug. 4, 2013. Rescuers still are searching for a relative who went missing after entering the water to try to rescue the children. (Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle)

Two children drowned during a family fishing trip at Sims Bayou on Aug. 4, 2013. Rescuers still are searching for a relative who went missing after entering the water to try to rescue the children. (Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle)

Two children drowned during a family fishing trip at Sims Bayou on Aug. 4, 2013. Rescuers still are searching for a relative who went missing after entering the water to try to rescue the children. (Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle)

Two children drowned during a family fishing trip at Sims Bayou on Aug. 4, 2013. Rescuers still are searching for a relative who went missing after entering the water to try to rescue the children. (Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle)

Two children drowned during a family fishing trip at Sims Bayou on Aug. 4, 2013. Rescuers still are searching for a relative who went missing after entering the water to try to rescue the children. (Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle)

Two children drowned during a family fishing trip at Sims Bayou on Aug. 4, 2013. Rescuers still are searching for a relative who went missing after entering the water to try to rescue the children. (Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle)

Two children drowned during a family fishing trip at Sims Bayou on Aug. 4, 2013. Rescuers still are searching for a relative who went missing after entering the water to try to rescue the children. (Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle)

Two children drowned during a family fishing trip at Sims Bayou on Aug. 4, 2013. Rescuers still are searching for a relative who went missing after entering the water to try to rescue the children. (Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle)

Two children drowned during a family fishing trip at Sims Bayou on Aug. 4, 2013. Rescuers still are searching for a relative who went missing after entering the water to try to rescue the children. (Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle)

Two children drowned during a family fishing trip at Sims Bayou on Aug. 4, 2013. Rescuers still are searching for a relative who went missing after entering the water to try to rescue the children. (Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle)

Police have identified two Houston children and a man who apparently accidentally drowned while they were on a family fishing outing at Sims Bayou in south Houston Sunday morning.

Laurencio Guidel, 31, Ricardo Guidel, 9, and Diana Morales, 5, died after the two children were swept into deep water and the elder Guidel tried to save them about 10:30 a.m., in the 3200 block of Brisbane, according to the Houston Police Department.

Police said Laurencio Guidel, Ricardo and a 12-year-old boy were fishing when the two boys began to struggle in the swift water. As Guidel tried to save them, Diana fell into the water and also began struggling.

The children were pulled from the water. The two younger children were rushed to a nearby hospital, where they died. Authorities recovered Laurencio Guidel's body from the bayou a few hours later.

Police did not release details about possible injuries to the older boy.

Onlookers said the family lived nearby and fished in the bayou almost every day. About seven relatives were at the bayou Sunday morning. Police said the relationship between the victims is still unclear.